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C & J Clark America, Inc.401(k)

CLARKS AMERICAS, INC. SAVINGS PLAN · NEEDHAM, MA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.50%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

C & J Clark America, Inc. reported $336,421 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $924 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.46% to 0.31%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 533rd-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 494th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,345 to 1,738 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$71,358,284
Participants with balances881
Active participants1,738
Employer contributions$1,606,744
Employee contributions$2,587,030
Employer contribution per active participant$924
Average account balance$80,997
Benefits paid to participants$7,558,469
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$70.4M · 791 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$71.4M · 881 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$64.5M · 951 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$83,804
Investment management$252,617
Total administrative$336,421
The C & J Clark America, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$924
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$961 per active participant
2023$924 per active participant
2022$1,089 per active participant

C & J Clark America, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
TOWERS WATSON INVESTMENT SERVICES, · Investment advisory (plan)$252,617
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$83,804

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$216,647 · 0.31%
2023$336,421 · 0.50%
2022$328,959 · 0.46%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232051236 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.